000			nam a22 7a 4500
999			_c2018 _d2018
020			_a9781107035331
082			_a409.54 K1497 S _b101951
100			_aKarumuri V Subbarao
245			_aSouth Asian Languages: _bA Syntactic Typology
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge University Press _c2012
300			_a369
500			_aSouth Asian languages are rich in linguistic diversity and number. This book explores the similarities and differences of about forty languages from the four different language families (Austro-Asiatic Dravidian Indo-Aryan (Indo-European) and Tibeto-Burman (Sino-Tibetan)). It focuses on the syntactic typology of these languages and the high degree of syntactic convergence with special reference to the notion of 'India as a linguistic area'. Several areas of current theoretical interest such as anaphora control theory case and agreement relative clauses and the significance of thematic roles in grammar are discussed. The analysis presented has significant implications for current theories of syntax verbal semantics first and second language acquisition structural language typology and historical linguistics. The book will be of interest to linguists working on the description of South Asian languages as well as syntacticians wishing to discover more about the common structure of languages within this region.
505			_a 1. Introduction; 2. South Asian languages: a preview; 3. Lexical anaphors and pronouns in South Asian languages; 4. Case and agreement; 5. Non-nominative subjects; 6. Complementation; 7. Backward control; 8. Noun modification: relative clauses.
650			_aSouth Asia _aGrammar, Comparative and general--Syntax _aLanguage and languages _aLanguage and languages--Grammar
942			_cBK